Criccieth

A few days away in Wales proved really rewarding, this was a great days photography, starting off with a killer light sunrise coupled with a double rainbow on the opposite coast of North Wales, and some great great sheltered locations working inland along the route to Portmadog and Criccieth where I shot this sunset overlooking Criccieth Castle on the hill.

The sun seemed to drop extremely quickly here and I managed just 2 compositions along the shore, the light here was crazy after the sun had dropped behind the houses with the buildings really appearing to be on fire, this had caught me out as I'd just finished shoting one location and was moving in closer to get the caste with what I hoped would be a decent afterglow, for about 30 seconds there was this massive burst of gold just shooting up and outwards, I quickly set up again and got this image of it, this was pretty much just the tail end of it, coupled with a suitably dramatic sky it still captures the moment to remember so I was lucky it lasted that long. Shortly after this as if often the way, the entire scene faded into nothing and dull lifeless light, very much the same as the mornings sunrise.

Time for Fish and Chips, and a beer or 2..

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